diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c
index f7a96bcf94a6..5349e22b5c78 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu.c
@@ -2103,12 +2103,16 @@ static int arm_smmu_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	if (smmu->version == ARM_SMMU_V2 &&
-	    smmu->num_context_banks != smmu->num_context_irqs) {
-		dev_err(dev,
-			"found only %d context interrupt(s) but %d required\n",
-			smmu->num_context_irqs, smmu->num_context_banks);
-		return -ENODEV;
+	if (smmu->version == ARM_SMMU_V2) {
+		if (smmu->num_context_banks > smmu->num_context_irqs) {
+			dev_err(dev,
+			      "found only %d context irq(s) but %d required\n",
+			      smmu->num_context_irqs, smmu->num_context_banks);
+			return -ENODEV;
+		}
+
+		/* Ignore superfluous interrupts */
+		smmu->num_context_irqs = smmu->num_context_banks;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < smmu->num_global_irqs; ++i) {